If you are a registered voter in the state of Oklahoma and a resident of the City of Oklahoma City, you may vote in the election on December 8! If you are not sure if you live within the OKC city limits, see this map on the City's Web site and/or this more detailed map at OU's Center for Spatial Analysis site. Even if you have an address in Yukon, Edmond, Moore or other communities, you may actually live in Oklahoma City and could be eligible to vote in the election! Check the maps, or call your local county election board:

Canadian County 405-422-2422

Cleveland County 405-366-0210

Oklahoma County 405-713-1515

Pottawatomie County 405-273-8376

In general, if you pay your trash service bill to the City of Oklahoma City, you can probably vote in the election. Check the maps or call your local county election board to be certain.

The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot is rapidly approaching! Your county election board must receive your absentee ballot application form via mail, fax or hand-delivery (if yours is the name on the form; you may not deliver an application for someone else) by 5 PM Wednesday, Dec. 2 if you want to vote by mail. Your county election board must then receive your ballot before 7 PM on Dec. 8 to be counted. If an absentee ballot is mailed to you, you must return it by mail also. See the state election board's page on absentee voting for more details.